Society & Politics

• Richest spend more on eating out than poorest do on housing and energy: new figures from the Equality Trust highlight vast inequality in UK wealth. Read more here.
• ‘Wall of prayer’ to be built in UK: huge Christian landmark planned, incorporating a million bricks representing a million answered prayers. Click here for press coverage, or click here for the official website.
• Christian pharmacists forced to prescribe abortion pills? Proposed new code from General Pharmaceutical Council would strip pharmacists of their right to conscientiously object, imposing an effective bar from the profession. Read more here, and respond to the GPhC consultation here.
• Melanie Phillips argues Judaism is “the irreducible core of Western civilisation”: in a recent interview, the journalist, author and speaker argues that to spurn Israel and the Jews is cultural suicide.
  

Church Issues

• Masonic service planned for Canterbury Cathedral: 300 years of Freemasonry is to be celebrated this Saturday with a special thanksgiving service, in defiance of a recent ruling against Freemasonry by an ecclesiastical judge. Read more here.
• Help Steve Maltz crowd-fund his most important book yet, Livin’ the Life: are you able to contribute? Steve is looking for 30-40 people to each pre-order 10 copies. Click here to get involved, or click here to read the book’s introduction.

World Scene

• Republic of Ireland criminalises paying for sex: following its NI counterparts, the ROI this week passed its Sexual Offences Bill, which seeks to protect vulnerable people against sexual exploitation, by 94 votes to 6. Click here for more information.
• Protest the After School Satan Club: click here to sign a petition protesting the club, which launched in January at Vista Elementary School, Taylorsville, Utah.
• Thousands turn out for pro-life protests in the USA: Pro-life advocates took to the streets in 45 states last weekend, calling for the cessation of government funding of abortion provider Planned Parenthood. Counter-demonstrations were also held. Read more here.
• 102 more members of Indian-Jewish ‘lost tribe’ return to Israel: 102 more members join nearly 3,000 other Bnei Menashe who have already made aliyah, after 27 centuries of exile. Read more here.
  

Israel & Middle East

• Help Israeli farmers recover from last year’s forest fires: United with Israel launch a tree-planting project to help Israeli farmers recover their crops this spring, after the terrible forest fires last year. Click here to help plant trees in Israel!
  

Upcoming Events

• ‘As One’ National Prayer Conference (13-15 March): Swanwick, World Prayer Centre. “Listen to God and pray in the new season.” Click here to find out more.
  
• Hope for Our Nation (18 March): Christian Concern host a day event at the Emmanuel Centre, Westminster. “Do you want to see society changed by the gospel of Jesus Christ? Come and understand today's challenges, and be equipped to bring hope to our nation.” Find out more and buy tickets here.
  
• ‘What are we teaching the Children?’ Conference (25 March): Find out how current education policy is influencing children in Britain and how Christians can respond, with Voice for Justice. Emmanuel Centre, Westminster. Click here for information and tickets.

Recommended Sources

At Prophecy Today UK we are aware that the world is moving very quickly and it is difficult to keep up with all the latest developments – especially when the material circulated by our mainstream media is increasingly far from reality and definitely not devoted to a biblical perspective!

Though we are not a news service, we want to help keep you informed by passing on updates and reports as we are led. This will be a selective, not an exhaustive, round-up, which we hope will be helpful for your prayers. At the base of this article we have also listed a number of Christian news sources which may also be of interest to you.

We also recommend the following news services for regular updates from a Christian perspective:

• Christian Concern (UK)
  
• Christian Institute (UK)
  
• JNN News (Barry and Batya Segal, Israel)
• Family Watch International
• Barnabas Fund
  
• Kehila News (Israel)
  
• Saltshakers (Steve Maltz, UK)